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Overuse and misuse of antiobiotics isn't really a US thing. https://resistancemap.onehealthtrust.org/AntibioticResistance.php https://resistancemap.onehealthtru

Overuse and misuse of antiobiotics isn't really a US thing. https://resistancemap.onehealthtrust.org/AntibioticResistance.php https://resistancemap.onehealthtrust.org/AntibioticResistanc... is a nice, interactive map showing where the majority of the resistant strains are found. Any effort to curtail the emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria will require coordinated global action, which means it's highly unlikely to happen.

api 2y ago
Agricultural overuse is also a major vector.
- bsder 2y ago
  So why is India such a resistance hotspot?
  - samarthr1 2y ago
    Lax enforcement on class H drugs (the non otc, but not addictive stuff), which spans combiflam to augmentin... We also have pharmacists who act as doctors in a pinch and reccomend drugs.
    - fakedang 2y ago
      > We also have pharmacists who act as doctors in a pinch and reccomend drugs. Honestly this is a very granular problem I think, simply because doctors are so expensive in quite a few locations. Wherever doctors are affordable or accessible, I've never seen a pharmacist play doctor and push their medication. Kerala, Himachal, Goa, places with good accessible govt clinics and hospitals, etc.
metalman 2y ago
wrong the over prescribing and agricultural use of antibiotics, started and was definitly more prevelant in the US. Largely due to wealth and availibility. And in fact ALL of the modern chemical agriculture practices that have "unintended consequences" got started in the US. Over use of pestisides, herbisides, and fertilisers. That other countrys followed after, at the prompting of US govrnment trade policy , and to the benifit of US industry, is hardly grounds to shift blame. What would be relevant, is a map, a nice interactive one, that overlayed profit flow, from the areas where "resistent strains" are found. This and many other of the worlds problems can be summed up, under the heading of "exporting contradictions" and reaping the profits. DDT is still made in the US, for export only.

api 2y ago

Agricultural overuse is also a major vector.

bsder 2y ago
So why is India such a resistance hotspot?
- samarthr1 2y ago
  Lax enforcement on class H drugs (the non otc, but not addictive stuff), which spans combiflam to augmentin... We also have pharmacists who act as doctors in a pinch and reccomend drugs.
  - fakedang 2y ago
    > We also have pharmacists who act as doctors in a pinch and reccomend drugs. Honestly this is a very granular problem I think, simply because doctors are so expensive in quite a few locations. Wherever doctors are affordable or accessible, I've never seen a pharmacist play doctor and push their medication. Kerala, Himachal, Goa, places with good accessible govt clinics and hospitals, etc.

metalman 2y ago

wrong the over prescribing and agricultural use of antibiotics, started and was definitly more prevelant in the US. Largely due to wealth and availibility. And in fact ALL of the modern chemical agriculture practices that have "unintended consequences" got started in the US. Over use of pestisides, herbisides, and fertilisers. That other countrys followed after, at the prompting of US govrnment trade policy , and to the benifit of US industry, is hardly grounds to shift blame. What would be relevant, is a map, a nice interactive one, that overlayed profit flow, from the areas where "resistent strains" are found. This and many other of the worlds problems can be summed up, under the heading of "exporting contradictions" and reaping the profits. DDT is still made in the US, for export only.